This is the place where i had my birthday last year.. The food is great... I personally love the Chips.... They are REAL CHIP Slices from a real potato and thats both healthy and yummy.. No preservatives and I won't become a MUMMY.... The Egyptian Mummy i mean. The Burger is also one to die for... succulent beef.. juicy and yummy and the rest on the menu, i love it all.
But besides the food I have to say the ambience is great.... I personally love the string lights..... So Romantic..... One cannot help but want to run your fingers through the lights like you will do the same to your hair... And when you get a little more tipsy.. You might think you will burn your fingers on them... But before you run your hand and bring it near to your face, take cheesy pictures with the lights near to your face..... STOP AND STARE... While you stare think about how many hundreds of patrons already did that and not forgetting their OILY FACES... FINGERS... and whatever.. Not forgetting the Super Pukers who might have already puked on them a thousand times..... THINK,.......
The service is great.. waitress and waiters run around alot.. Not forgetting the occasional handsome waiters..... They are generally helpful and friendly...... and prompt with your request.... especially when you ask for the bill..
The Live Band is great... previously from China Jump at CHIJMES... BOY I STILL MISS THE DENTIST CHAIR.... ALL CHINA JUMP Fans out there...... Jive Talking is HERE...... and the band had changed some of the players but They are still very much their oldselves..... Love the music they play.... Its somewhere between the old and the new... and they have such great groove.. You can't help but will move to the beat..
The crowd is great too.. You see many yuppies and caucasians as well as local hot babes... A must go... for all you love clubbers....
If you like the cool afresco clubbing you will like peppermint park... Its wierd.. theres not a single peppermint plant there however.. there are many potted plants and baby trees around which is quite serene... The place is great for mini parties or perhaps just to chill out with a friend or two.. Sits are great... stiff sofas and hanging benches for those who love a little more dizziness...
Its even better when you have BUY 1 and GET 2 free Beers.... Come at 6pm and you have 3 hours of drink till you drop happy times. Snack with their great finger food... The chicken wings and fries are great.. The batter they use to fry the chicken with is both savoury and yummy.... One of the best chicky wings i ever had... I love their wedges and nacho basket as well... A good generous serving with cheesy cheese sauce and Cheeky Salsa......
Great place to hang out... Great place to Chilll.... Definitely great place to meet up with your pals...
A must go... for all those Cool Cute guys and gals.. Catch me there.. again n again n again.... * BURB*
I used to work nearby there when i just graduated and I simply love the whole setting. I can still remember my friends illegal parking their cars by the side of the road and having coffee with while scrambling off when MR TP come...
Its a great place to skive at work... Oh no.... I should say hold decent meetings and catch up with your customers.
Coffee is always great and the deco reminds us of the older singapore days... I personally love the thin crispy toast with COLD STORAGE BUTTER.. and the RUNNY Eggs... Runny eggs not runny nose.... To hell with weight watchers...... Its so worth it to splurge all the calories on a nice teabreak like this....
Its just not easy to make such wonderful runny eggs and yummy crispy ear crunching toast... REALLY GREAT HANGOUT..
When Boss Returns to Office you can immediately get back to office and appear like you just came out of the Loo... Beware of the tale - telling bread Crumbs....
Like many other CHOCO FANS OUT THERE.. Me too love Royce Chocolates. WHats with the extra calories... you're gonna get it even if you eat other food.... But eating ROYCE Chocolates is the only reason ITS WORTH GETTING FAT.....
Chocolate so smooth and aromatic... the Japs really know how to make it.......
I personally love the Au Liat... Its with Cherry Liquor and melts in your mouth, slides down your throat and you can feel JOY in your heart...
The Champagn taste great as well.... with the mild champagne titillating every part of your taste buds. Enjoy the pleasure of champagn and naked chocolate... Whats with the strawberry.......
The semi dark chocolate is great as well.. I think its with cognac.... and if you really like it PURE.. you can go for the TRUE DARK Chocolate..
I personally don't enjoy the flavour with coconut as i'm not quite a fan of that NUT.. BUt for NUT LOVERS out there... You can go crazy with the NUTS... I don't care.
The white chocolate taste as great as well.. but... I personally find white chocolate not chocolate rather just MILK... I prefer the REAL THING...
Super Must Try...... Locate it near to GODIVA..... If Godiva is the God of all chocolates.. Then Royce must be CHOCO God's FATHER.....
Don't forget to ask for their excellent wrapping services....
A day, twenty four hours, one thousand & forty minutes,
& eighty six thousand & four hundred seconds.
Breakfast, brunch, lunch, tea, dinner & supper.
That’s how much we eat, and for the last meal of the year,
Something sweet.
A typical New York Cheesecake ($6.80), with a twist at the bottom. Instead of the usual digestive biscuit crumb base, this one had oatmeal mixed with digestive biscuit, resulting in a softer base. While it scored brownie points for creativity, I still preferred the original version. The cheesecake was the very rich and cheesy type, nothing like the light & airy type.
Something not-so-sweet. Strawberry yoghurt mousse ($7). Topped with pretty strawberries. I ain’t a big fan of yoghurt, but this hit the right spot with the perfect balance between the berries and mousse. The best part of a shooter dessert was digging into it. And sharing of course.
Now, my favourite. I left the Hazelnut Praline Royale ($6.80) for the last, since i knew me being me, i’ll definitely not like the other two desserts if I’ve started with this. Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder, and i only have you in my eyes. The praline base was definitely one of the thickest I’ve before. The richness of the chocolatey cake did not overwhelm in the first bite, but the cake was surely too much for one to finish alone. In short, think ferrero rocher cake.
You are always welcome to visit ladyironchef for a full-up on this trip. Whatever written herein are my genuine feelings expressed in words. Food, my dear, is what they call an adventure!
I need to declare that this is a feedback on the hotel's service, not the rooms etc.
I called this week to want to make a reservation for 14 rooms for a large group of overseas friends coming in this weekend, and I thought Gallery hotel would be a good choice because of the location and unique branding. So I called the room reservation number, and the moment the lady heard I wanted to book 14 rooms, she asked me to wait while she transfers me to the sales department, so I thought, great, there's someone dedicated and trained to handle large bookings.
The lady from the sales department first asked me if I am from a company, so I said no. Then she started telling me without a corporate account she cannot make the booking for the rooms. I told her its strange because I was transferred to her after I've made my intention clear, I don't see the point of being transferred to a department which can't help. She reiterated again that she cannot do large bookings for an individual, and said if I want to make large bookings without the corporate account, the only way I can do it is to book via the website. I was already on the website during the phone call and so tried to click on it, but realised the maximum number of rooms I can book is only 3 rooms.
I told her so, and her response was for me to click and book 3 rooms, then wait for a while, then go to the website again to book another 3 rooms etc. I was actually amused by her suggestion, and told her this would mean I have to go back and do the same thing 3-4 times! She just maintained her stand and said sorry, that's the only way.
I find it ridiculous that neither the room reservations department nor the sales department can accept my booking, just because I am not calling from a company. I can still provide my credit card details to guarantee the booking and names of the guests for the rooms, so I don't see a reason why I was turned away. If the sales department policy is ONLY to attend to valued corporate clients, fine. But why is then the room reservation not able to do it then? It shouldn't be called the "room reservation" at all if so. And I was furious to hear the lady from sales suggest I book through the website and re book 3-4 times, that would have been an absolute waste of my time.
The only conclusion I can come to is, simply, that the hotel does not entertain big bookings from individuals. In this case, I think the hotel should declare that publicly so we don't end up wasting our time and breath.
This is an outdated review, but I though better now than never??
Stayed at the Swissotel during their Xmas 2006 weekend promotion for SGD238 per night and found the stay only so-so. Not too much to scream about for a highly acclaimed 5-star hotel.
Time seems to be taking its toll on the hotel. I got a room on the 55th floor; the furniture are dated and looks worn out, with the wood peeling in some areas. Disappointed, I called room reservations and kudos to them, they offered me another room on the 61st floor. A porter promptly arrived to transfer our luggages to the new room, which was much better. View was excellent though.
There was complimentary high tea included in the package, but I went away disappointed. We had to wait 1 hour for our food, and it was just sad limp sandwiches and oily left-out-for-too-long puff pastries.
Cute of them to leave 2 gingerbread cookies on Xmas Day itself though.
I probably wouldn't choose to go back there again although the view was excellent. For a little more, conrad and raffles the plaza will be a much better bet.
I chose the Pan Pac Singapore for a short getaway, and turned out to be better than my experience at Swissotel the Stamford. I got a Paranomic Balcony room on the 29th floor, and it was accessible by the glass elevator facing the Marina, which offered a great view everytime we went up to the room.
The room was smaller than expected, but being recently reburbished, had a more classy feel and modern elements, evident in the mounted swivle plasma TV and hidden compartments in the counter which hides the mini bar, cups etc (a very nice change from the normal counter tops).
Very clean, and nice, with efficient room service and house keeping. Breakfast at Global Kitchen was only so-so...I had expected a bigger spread for the price (SGD82 for 2 persons!).
Also recieved a complimentary bottle of wine and chocolate cake as I had informed it was my birthday cum anniversary celebrations.
Heard that a friend loved the thai food here so decided to pop by this tiny eatery in the Kovan heartlands. The chef is Thai or so we heard so had high hopes for the quality.
A few tables indoors and outdoors, all tightly packed together leaving just enough space for the staff to walk through. I reckon the max seating capacity would be about 50-60pax. For 4 hungry people, we decided to order abit more as we saw the portions wasn't really big.
Green curry prawn ($6) - I usually don't like anything coconut milk including green curry, but this is really good! Very enticing blend of fresh oconut milk and spices, and just nicely spicy for me. They could have been more generous with the prawns though. Goes really well with the rice.
Belachan Kang Kong ($5) - Not your usual sambal kang kong, was a lot less spicy but means it is also a lot less oily too :D I'd rather it this way than spicy and terribly oily.
Deep fried pork with garlic ($6) - I don't eat pork when I'm outside but made an exception for the birthday girl. Surprisingly enough, I liked it. Lean strips of pork deep fried topped with fried garlic pieces. The garlic wasn't too overwhelming, coz some places tend to over-fry theirs and ended up too bitter for my liking.
Fried chicken with cashew nuts ($6) - this is like your kong pao chicken minus the spicyness. Nice and fresh as well, and I like it that they cut the chicken into more easily eaten thinner pieces than chunks.
Thai fishcake ($5) - came with a thai garlic chilli sauce. 4 pieces in total, and very good. Just enough scent of the spices without being overwhelming.
Thai ice tea ($3) - This is the only 'dish' I was disappointed at. It basically tastes like teh-coloured chin chow (grass jelly). Not enough milk in it too. I think Tuk Tuk do theirs better.
Thai rice ($1) - Normal white rice but just needed to let you guys know that they charge $1 per for a normal portion.
No ambience to speak of, and groups of people waiting for seats started forming around 730pm or so. Service was okay but I gave higher ratings than usual because we didnt see any grouchy faces altho they were extremely busy.
Its definitely value for money for good thai food. I'll be back :D
Of all the places to eat in T3, my friends chose this. So fine, okay...wasn't feeling very fast food-ish but since I haven't tried it before either, I thought I'll give it a shot.
For $6.90, I got the chicken strips meal which was 3 pieces of chicken strips, a small pack of cajun fries, 1 of their famous biscuits, and regular size ice tea (they didnt have coke light...bah).
The chicken strips came looking very small and pale, like those cooked-but-not-really-cooked-properly kind of colour. Not too oily to their credit but taste wise was rather bland, even the batter wasn't as crunchy as expected.
The cajun fries was bad. Limp cold fries seasoned with something which made it look like cajun but definitely has no taste in it.
Their infamous biscuit...I kind of like it. Slightly crispy and saltish crust on the outside but soft on the inside, abit like the cheese bun from Provence like of texture. Some people may find it bland though. And it sticks to your teeth so be prepared.
Their main dish, the chicken, and fries which is an essetially component of fast food, failed miserably. Should have busted my calorie count on Carls Junior instead. If I have to return next time, i'd probably grab 2 biscuits 1 drink.
1=SGD 0.0587
This is the place where i had my birthday last year.. The food is great... I personally love the Chips.... They are REAL CHIP Slices from a real potato and thats both healthy and yummy.. No preservatives and I won't become a MUMMY.... The Egyptian Mummy i mean. The Burger is also one to die for... succulent beef.. juicy and yummy and the rest on the menu, i love it all.
But besides the food I have to say the ambience is great.... I personally love the string lights..... So Romantic..... One cannot help but want to run your fingers through the lights like you will do the same to your hair... And when you get a little more tipsy.. You might think you will burn your fingers on them... But before you run your hand and bring it near to your face, take cheesy pictures with the lights near to your face..... STOP AND STARE... While you stare think about how many hundreds of patrons already did that and not forgetting their OILY FACES... FINGERS... and whatever.. Not forgetting the Super Pukers who might have already puked on them a thousand times..... THINK,.......
The service is great.. waitress and waiters run around alot.. Not forgetting the occasional handsome waiters..... They are generally helpful and friendly...... and prompt with your request.... especially when you ask for the bill..
The Live Band is great... previously from China Jump at CHIJMES... BOY I STILL MISS THE DENTIST CHAIR.... ALL CHINA JUMP Fans out there...... Jive Talking is HERE...... and the band had changed some of the players but They are still very much their oldselves..... Love the music they play.... Its somewhere between the old and the new... and they have such great groove.. You can't help but will move to the beat..
The crowd is great too.. You see many yuppies and caucasians as well as local hot babes... A must go... for all you love clubbers....
See you there on fridays......
Rating given:
If you like the cool afresco clubbing you will like peppermint park... Its wierd.. theres not a single peppermint plant there however.. there are many potted plants and baby trees around which is quite serene... The place is great for mini parties or perhaps just to chill out with a friend or two.. Sits are great... stiff sofas and hanging benches for those who love a little more dizziness...
Its even better when you have BUY 1 and GET 2 free Beers.... Come at 6pm and you have 3 hours of drink till you drop happy times. Snack with their great finger food... The chicken wings and fries are great.. The batter they use to fry the chicken with is both savoury and yummy.... One of the best chicky wings i ever had... I love their wedges and nacho basket as well... A good generous serving with cheesy cheese sauce and Cheeky Salsa......
Great place to hang out... Great place to Chilll.... Definitely great place to meet up with your pals...
A must go... for all those Cool Cute guys and gals.. Catch me there.. again n again n again.... * BURB*
Rating given:
I've got great memories for this place.....
I used to work nearby there when i just graduated and I simply love the whole setting. I can still remember my friends illegal parking their cars by the side of the road and having coffee with while scrambling off when MR TP come...
Its a great place to skive at work... Oh no.... I should say hold decent meetings and catch up with your customers.
Coffee is always great and the deco reminds us of the older singapore days... I personally love the thin crispy toast with COLD STORAGE BUTTER.. and the RUNNY Eggs... Runny eggs not runny nose.... To hell with weight watchers...... Its so worth it to splurge all the calories on a nice teabreak like this....
Its just not easy to make such wonderful runny eggs and yummy crispy ear crunching toast... REALLY GREAT HANGOUT..
When Boss Returns to Office you can immediately get back to office and appear like you just came out of the Loo... Beware of the tale - telling bread Crumbs....
Rating given:
Like many other CHOCO FANS OUT THERE.. Me too love Royce Chocolates. WHats with the extra calories... you're gonna get it even if you eat other food.... But eating ROYCE Chocolates is the only reason ITS WORTH GETTING FAT.....
Chocolate so smooth and aromatic... the Japs really know how to make it.......
I personally love the Au Liat... Its with Cherry Liquor and melts in your mouth, slides down your throat and you can feel JOY in your heart...
The Champagn taste great as well.... with the mild champagne titillating every part of your taste buds. Enjoy the pleasure of champagn and naked chocolate... Whats with the strawberry.......
The semi dark chocolate is great as well.. I think its with cognac.... and if you really like it PURE.. you can go for the TRUE DARK Chocolate..
I personally don't enjoy the flavour with coconut as i'm not quite a fan of that NUT.. BUt for NUT LOVERS out there... You can go crazy with the NUTS... I don't care.
The white chocolate taste as great as well.. but... I personally find white chocolate not chocolate rather just MILK... I prefer the REAL THING...
Super Must Try...... Locate it near to GODIVA..... If Godiva is the God of all chocolates.. Then Royce must be CHOCO God's FATHER.....
Don't forget to ask for their excellent wrapping services....
I LOVE ROYCE
Rating given:
A year, twelve months, fifty two weeks,
& three hundred and sixty five days.
A day, twenty four hours, one thousand & forty minutes,
& eighty six thousand & four hundred seconds.
Breakfast, brunch, lunch, tea, dinner & supper.
That’s how much we eat, and for the last meal of the year,
Something sweet.
A typical New York Cheesecake ($6.80), with a twist at the bottom. Instead of the usual digestive biscuit crumb base, this one had oatmeal mixed with digestive biscuit, resulting in a softer base. While it scored brownie points for creativity, I still preferred the original version. The cheesecake was the very rich and cheesy type, nothing like the light & airy type.
Something not-so-sweet. Strawberry yoghurt mousse ($7). Topped with pretty strawberries. I ain’t a big fan of yoghurt, but this hit the right spot with the perfect balance between the berries and mousse. The best part of a shooter dessert was digging into it. And sharing of course.
Now, my favourite. I left the Hazelnut Praline Royale ($6.80) for the last, since i knew me being me, i’ll definitely not like the other two desserts if I’ve started with this. Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder, and i only have you in my eyes. The praline base was definitely one of the thickest I’ve before. The richness of the chocolatey cake did not overwhelm in the first bite, but the cake was surely too much for one to finish alone. In short, think ferrero rocher cake.
You are always welcome to visit ladyironchef for a full-up on this trip. Whatever written herein are my genuine feelings expressed in words. Food, my dear, is what they call an adventure!
Rating given:
Worst ever service~
I need to declare that this is a feedback on the hotel's service, not the rooms etc.
I called this week to want to make a reservation for 14 rooms for a large group of overseas friends coming in this weekend, and I thought Gallery hotel would be a good choice because of the location and unique branding. So I called the room reservation number, and the moment the lady heard I wanted to book 14 rooms, she asked me to wait while she transfers me to the sales department, so I thought, great, there's someone dedicated and trained to handle large bookings.
The lady from the sales department first asked me if I am from a company, so I said no. Then she started telling me without a corporate account she cannot make the booking for the rooms. I told her its strange because I was transferred to her after I've made my intention clear, I don't see the point of being transferred to a department which can't help. She reiterated again that she cannot do large bookings for an individual, and said if I want to make large bookings without the corporate account, the only way I can do it is to book via the website. I was already on the website during the phone call and so tried to click on it, but realised the maximum number of rooms I can book is only 3 rooms.
I told her so, and her response was for me to click and book 3 rooms, then wait for a while, then go to the website again to book another 3 rooms etc. I was actually amused by her suggestion, and told her this would mean I have to go back and do the same thing 3-4 times! She just maintained her stand and said sorry, that's the only way.
I find it ridiculous that neither the room reservations department nor the sales department can accept my booking, just because I am not calling from a company. I can still provide my credit card details to guarantee the booking and names of the guests for the rooms, so I don't see a reason why I was turned away. If the sales department policy is ONLY to attend to valued corporate clients, fine. But why is then the room reservation not able to do it then? It shouldn't be called the "room reservation" at all if so. And I was furious to hear the lady from sales suggest I book through the website and re book 3-4 times, that would have been an absolute waste of my time.
The only conclusion I can come to is, simply, that the hotel does not entertain big bookings from individuals. In this case, I think the hotel should declare that publicly so we don't end up wasting our time and breath.
I really needed to vent :D AVOID AT ALL COSTS
Rating given:
Time has taken a toll on Swissotel
This is an outdated review, but I though better now than never??
Stayed at the Swissotel during their Xmas 2006 weekend promotion for SGD238 per night and found the stay only so-so. Not too much to scream about for a highly acclaimed 5-star hotel.
Time seems to be taking its toll on the hotel. I got a room on the 55th floor; the furniture are dated and looks worn out, with the wood peeling in some areas. Disappointed, I called room reservations and kudos to them, they offered me another room on the 61st floor. A porter promptly arrived to transfer our luggages to the new room, which was much better. View was excellent though.
There was complimentary high tea included in the package, but I went away disappointed. We had to wait 1 hour for our food, and it was just sad limp sandwiches and oily left-out-for-too-long puff pastries.
Cute of them to leave 2 gingerbread cookies on Xmas Day itself though.
I probably wouldn't choose to go back there again although the view was excellent. For a little more, conrad and raffles the plaza will be a much better bet.
Rating given:
Great experience marred by room reservation staff
I chose the Pan Pac Singapore for a short getaway, and turned out to be better than my experience at Swissotel the Stamford. I got a Paranomic Balcony room on the 29th floor, and it was accessible by the glass elevator facing the Marina, which offered a great view everytime we went up to the room.
The room was smaller than expected, but being recently reburbished, had a more classy feel and modern elements, evident in the mounted swivle plasma TV and hidden compartments in the counter which hides the mini bar, cups etc (a very nice change from the normal counter tops).
Very clean, and nice, with efficient room service and house keeping. Breakfast at Global Kitchen was only so-so...I had expected a bigger spread for the price (SGD82 for 2 persons!).
Also recieved a complimentary bottle of wine and chocolate cake as I had informed it was my birthday cum anniversary celebrations.
Rating given:
Good Thai Food~
Heard that a friend loved the thai food here so decided to pop by this tiny eatery in the Kovan heartlands. The chef is Thai or so we heard so had high hopes for the quality.
A few tables indoors and outdoors, all tightly packed together leaving just enough space for the staff to walk through. I reckon the max seating capacity would be about 50-60pax. For 4 hungry people, we decided to order abit more as we saw the portions wasn't really big.
Green curry prawn ($6) - I usually don't like anything coconut milk including green curry, but this is really good! Very enticing blend of fresh oconut milk and spices, and just nicely spicy for me. They could have been more generous with the prawns though. Goes really well with the rice.
Belachan Kang Kong ($5) - Not your usual sambal kang kong, was a lot less spicy but means it is also a lot less oily too :D I'd rather it this way than spicy and terribly oily.
Deep fried pork with garlic ($6) - I don't eat pork when I'm outside but made an exception for the birthday girl. Surprisingly enough, I liked it. Lean strips of pork deep fried topped with fried garlic pieces. The garlic wasn't too overwhelming, coz some places tend to over-fry theirs and ended up too bitter for my liking.
Fried chicken with cashew nuts ($6) - this is like your kong pao chicken minus the spicyness. Nice and fresh as well, and I like it that they cut the chicken into more easily eaten thinner pieces than chunks.
Thai fishcake ($5) - came with a thai garlic chilli sauce. 4 pieces in total, and very good. Just enough scent of the spices without being overwhelming.
Thai ice tea ($3) - This is the only 'dish' I was disappointed at. It basically tastes like teh-coloured chin chow (grass jelly). Not enough milk in it too. I think Tuk Tuk do theirs better.
Thai rice ($1) - Normal white rice but just needed to let you guys know that they charge $1 per for a normal portion.
No ambience to speak of, and groups of people waiting for seats started forming around 730pm or so. Service was okay but I gave higher ratings than usual because we didnt see any grouchy faces altho they were extremely busy.
Its definitely value for money for good thai food. I'll be back :D
Rating given:
Disappointing...
Of all the places to eat in T3, my friends chose this. So fine, okay...wasn't feeling very fast food-ish but since I haven't tried it before either, I thought I'll give it a shot.
For $6.90, I got the chicken strips meal which was 3 pieces of chicken strips, a small pack of cajun fries, 1 of their famous biscuits, and regular size ice tea (they didnt have coke light...bah).
The chicken strips came looking very small and pale, like those cooked-but-not-really-cooked-properly kind of colour. Not too oily to their credit but taste wise was rather bland, even the batter wasn't as crunchy as expected.
The cajun fries was bad. Limp cold fries seasoned with something which made it look like cajun but definitely has no taste in it.
Their infamous biscuit...I kind of like it. Slightly crispy and saltish crust on the outside but soft on the inside, abit like the cheese bun from Provence like of texture. Some people may find it bland though. And it sticks to your teeth so be prepared.
Their main dish, the chicken, and fries which is an essetially component of fast food, failed miserably. Should have busted my calorie count on Carls Junior instead. If I have to return next time, i'd probably grab 2 biscuits 1 drink.
I wonder what's the hype about it?
Rating given: